Written by Dr. C. R. Desai WE had learnt a new word: needs analysis. What was the need to establish residential homes like Navkshitij? What we learnt was staggering. Stunning statistics Data showed that one in two hundred children is intellectually disabled (ID). Simply put, there are about 70 lakh individuals in India who need […]
EARLY 2022 found me shell-shocked after the recent loss of Neelima. I was floundering to find my feet and get a grip on the reins of Navkshitij. Her dream of our Asawali project was weighing me down; a project worth almost 18 crore rupees. We then met God’s own man Mr. Ajit Bhate, the managing
WE had set up an ideal, ID-centric residential rehabilitation centre. The IDs, our staff and their children stayed together like an extended family. The news was spreading; we had withstood the challenges for seven years. We were on an even keel. Parents who visited our centre at Marunji saw this as an ideal place to
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Written By: Dr. C. R. Desai You are entering the haloed temple of happiness; our special friends are the high priests of this temple. They teach us what unconditional happiness is; we have too many conditions for happiness. Life is a celebration; we have spoilt it by making it a competition. All our life we
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Written By: Dr. C. R. Desai THE question that haunts parents of the intellectually disabled is, “Who after me?” When Aditi was 18 years old, the same question haunted us. We visited some homes for IDs and came back in tears. We could not imagine our daughter staying there. We decided to take the plunge
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Written By: Dr. C. R. Desai WE taught Aditi to swim. She brought the roof down till she overcame the fear of water; once she did that, she took to swimming like a fish to water. We started taking her to swimming competitions. It did not matter to her whether it was the first prize
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(By Dr. C. R. Desai, President, Navkshitij Reading Time 6–7 mins) Blog 1 NEELIMA and I, both post-graduates in medicine, got married in 1982. We set up practice and started the regular struggle of a middle-class family; taking loans, digging holes and running fast to fill them. In 1984, we were blessed with our first daughter,
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(By Dr. C. R. Desai, President, Navkshitij Reading Time 6–7 mins) REHABILITATION of Persons with Disabilities means creating a space in which the impact of the disability is mitigated and the person gets a fair chance to explore his or her abilities. In the case of physical disabilities, improving accessibility to every public facility serves
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